The Principles of Successful Freelancing--New from SitePoint: Turning Freelancing Dreams Into Reality

Written by Miles Burke, co-author of the popular SitePoint Tribune, and founder of the award winning-web development company Bam Creative, this book carefully guides readers through building their own successful freelance business.

In this full-color 200-page book, readers will learn how to:

Make a smooth transition into freelancing

Effectively manage their money

Ensure they spend their time doing right things

Establish why a work/life balance is important

Gain support and win business through their network

Overcome the fear of selling

Miles Burke provided his views on his new book:
Its taken 15 years of highs and lows to fully understand the secrets to success, and with the release of this book, Im proud to be now helping others make the same transition to prosperity.

SitePoint co-founder, Matt Mickiewicz, also comments:
Going it alone may seem a difficult prospect and understanding the core fundamentals of running your own business can be the difference between success and failure. With Miless 15 years of experience, this book not only shows people how to become a freelancer, but how to succeed in the long term.

Miles Burke has been involved in designing and developing websites since 1994. In 2002 Miles became the Managing Director of Bam Creative, his design studio located Western Australia. He serves as Chairperson of the Australian Web Industry Association, and was a winner of the "2007 Top 40 under 40" award by Business News.

About SitePoint
SitePoint titles are distributed to bookstores internationally by O'Reilly Media.SitePoint specializes in publishing fun, practical, and
easy-to-understand content for web professionals. Its popular
online magazine, blogs, newsletters, and print books teach best
practices to web developers and designers worldwide.

SitePoint also runs the #1 Marketplace on the Web for buying
and selling web sites, blogs, and forums.

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